The week's best education and union reads
Alan Tudge says he doesn’t want students to be taught ‘hatred’ of Australia in fiery Triple J interview
From The Conversation
Education minister says Anzac Day should not be presented as ‘contested’ in draft national curriculum.
Alan Tudge’s understanding of our history deserves a fail
From EduResearch Matters
The Social and Citizenship Education Association of Australia say the Minister for Education has mis-characterised aspects of the proposed History and Civics and Citizenship curricula.
Remote learning is even harder when English isn’t students’ first language
From The Conversation
One in four primary and secondary students in Victoria and NSW are from language backgrounds other than English. They need help with wellbeing, resources and the kind of structural support schools provide.
Climate activism isn’t making young people anxious. Climate change is
From The Guardian
Sydney student Natasha Abhayawickrama says young people want policy action, not chaplains.
Melbourne principal stands by 'courageous' decision to make COVID-19 vaccine mandatory for staff
From ABC News
Xavier College principal William Doherty says he has experienced no pushback from staff following an official decision requiring all staff to be vaccinated upon returning to work.
Calls to make Covid jab mandatory for Victorian teachers
From the Herald Sun
Experts say the only way to stop students missing out on more class time is for Covid vaccinations to be made mandatory for all teachers.
Priority vaccines for ACT teachers
From Education HQ
ACT teachers who have direct contact with students are now eligible for priority vaccinations.
Calls for national school ventilation plan
From the Sydney Morning Herald
A coalition of health experts, architecture experts and the federal opposition are backing a national plan to improve ventilation in classrooms to suppress the spread of COVID-19.
Schools, childcare centres source of most Victorian COVID-19 transmission
From The Age
More of Victoria’s COVID-19 cases recorded in the past month have stemmed from schools and childcare centres than any other type of setting, new Health Department data shows.
In Australia, the Far Right Is Pushing COVID-19 Conspiracies
From Jacobin Australia
Jeff Sparrow investigates anti-vaccination protests and finds that behind unhinged conspiracy theories and rhetoric about freedom stand a core of far-right and fascist activists.
Leaders who only tell us what we want to hear are letting everyone down
From Crikey
Guy Rundle says Scott Morrison's fatalism and belief in the supernatural is undergirding a lack of response to an emergency.
The effects of Delta on the unemployed
From Overland
With hundreds of thousands of people again losing work or being stood down as the Delta variant smashes us, neither the major parties nor the media have seen fit to mention people on social security payments, let alone suggest that we deserve support.